The whaling war: Conflicting cultural perspectives

The political ritual generated by Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean annually captures the Australian imagination and at least the attention of international audiences. This article examines how Australia has become the self-appointed guardian of Antarctic whales whilst Japan remains resolutely...

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Published in:Anthropology Today
Main Author: Peace, Adrian John
Other Authors: School of Social Sciences : Anthropology
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishers Ltd 2010
Subjects:
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2440/62153
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8322.2010.00734.x
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Summary:The political ritual generated by Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean annually captures the Australian imagination and at least the attention of international audiences. This article examines how Australia has become the self-appointed guardian of Antarctic whales whilst Japan remains resolutely pro-whaling. Adrian Peace

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